Simple Vegan Chocolate Cake

This is a quick and easy vegan chocolate cake without dairy or eggs that's ready in less than 1 hour. Mix it up by adding chocolate chips or nuts to the batter if you like.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 267 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• ⅓ cup grapeseed oil
• 1 cup coarse or turbinado (raw) sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x5-inch loaf pan.

Step 3

Sift together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix in water, grapeseed oil, vanilla extract, and apple cider vinegar. Mix together until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared loaf pan.